Lawyer to head blockchain company Decentral

Addison Cameron-Huff,a Toronto-based technology lawyer and software developer, has been named as president of Decentral Inc.

Decentral, which is headquartered in Toronto, produces a cryptocurrency wallet for the blockchain interface Jaxx.io.

Cameron-Huff was the founding chief technology officer of Global-Regulation.com, a legal search engine powered by machine translation. In his legal practice, he advised and supported online and blockchain-based businesses. Additionally, Cameron-Huff is an adjunct professor with the global professional master of laws program at the University of Toronto's faculty of law.

“Addison's knowledge of blockchain technologies and the global regulatory landscape surrounding decentralization is second to none. His legal, technical and entrepreneurial guidance was critical in creating the solid foundation of Decentral Inc. and my other blockchain ventures including Ethereum. I am pleased Addison Cameron-Huff has joined me on the Decentral Inc. executive team,” said Anthony Di Iorio, co-founder of Ethereum and CEO of Decentral.

“Blockchain and cryptocurrencies are booming and our Jaxx platform is growing right along with it. We've seen over $500 million in sales and multiple-billion dollars of transactions through Jaxx so far this year. The opportunity to scale our platform to support this level of user growth is exciting,” said Cameron-Huff.